Chechnya
Memorial’s Daghestani head attacked in Makhachkala
The head of Russian rights group Memorial’s Daghestani office, Sirazhudin Datsiyev, was attacked on Wednesday morning outside his house as he left for work. Datsyiev remains in hospital in Makhachkala. A source in Daghestani law enforcement told OC Media that police were on the scene searching for witnesses. ‘The police have accepted an appeal from the victim and are working with him’, the source said. Staff at the group’s Daghestani branch received death threats in January, after a car u
